Kathy Lien

Kathy Lien is an Internationally Published Author and Chief Strategist of DailyFX.com, one of the world’s most popular online websites for currency research. Her trading books include the highly acclaimed, Day Trading the Currency Market: Technical and Fundamental Strategies to Profit form Market Swings (2005, Wiley); High Probability Trading Setups for the Currency Market E-Book (2006, Investopedia); and Millionaire Traders: How Everyday People Are Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game (2007, Wiley). As Chief Currency Strategist at FXCM, Kathy is responsible for providing research and analysis for DailyFX, the research arm of FXCM. She also co-edits the BK Forex Advisor, an Investopedia.com Premium Service with Boris Schlossberg – one of the few investment advisory letters focusing strictly on the 2 Trillion/day FX market.

Kathy is also one of the authors of Investopedia’s Forex Education section and has written for Tradingmarkets.com, the Asia Times Online, Stocks & Commodities Magazine, MarketWatch, ActiveTrader Magazine, Currency Trader, Futures Magazine and SFO. She is frequently quoted by Bloomberg, Reuters, the Wall street Journal, and the International Herald Tribune and has appeared on CNN, CNBC, CBS and Bloomberg Radio. She has also hosted trader chats on EliteTrader, eSignal and FXStreet, sharing her expertise in both technical and fundamental analysis.

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Kathy Lien's Latest Articles

Nonfarm Payrolls Plunged 533k; More Losses to Come

Dec 5, 2008 · 0 Comments 

Non-farm payrolls dropped 533k last month with the unemployment rate soaring to 6.7%, the highest level since 1993. September and October job losses were also revised... >>>

Big Moves in the Currency Market

Dec 4, 2008 · 0 Comments 

Most currency traders only have their eyes on the “majors” such as EUR/USD, USD/JPY, and the GBP/USD. Admittedly, these are the most liquid currency pairs,... >>>

New Zealand: Recession Over?

Dec 3, 2008 · 0 Comments 

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut interest rates by 150bp this afternoon to 5 percent. This is the largest interest rate cut for the central bank and brings their... >>>

Will the BoE and ECB Under or Overdeliver?

Dec 3, 2008 · 0 Comments 

In less than 24 hours, we have interest rate decisions from 3 countries: 1. New Zealand 2. United Kingdom 3. Eurozone With the global easing cycle in full swing,... >>>

How Does the Greenback Perform in a Recession?

Dec 2, 2008 · 0 Comments 

There has been 3 recessions in the past 30 years. In each of those recessions, the dollar weakened in the first six months of the recession, then gained strength... >>>

How Long Do Recessions Last?

Dec 2, 2008 · 0 Comments 

Now that US economy is officially in recession, the big question on everyone’s mind is, how long will it last? So far, the current recession is the fourth longest... >>>

Greenback Rally Should Continue

Dec 2, 2008 · 0 Comments 

Fresh concerns about the global economy have triggered sharp gains in the US dollar and the Japanese yen. Risk aversion continues to seep through the markets as... >>>

Talk of UK Adopting the Euro is Ridiculous

Dec 1, 2008 · 0 Comments 

With the recession in the UK economy in full swing and the Bank of England scheduled to cut interest rates this week, further weakness in the British pound was... >>>

Interest Rates: What Happens After Zero?

Nov 27, 2008 · 0 Comments 

With the global economic downturn in full swing, one of the burning questions on everyone’s minds is who will be the first central bank to take interest rates... >>>

Currencies: Post Thanksgiving Breakout?

Nov 26, 2008 · 0 Comments 

On the eve before Thanksgiving, the price action in the currency market has been very erratic. Equities rallied for the fourth straight trading session while the... >>>